Group members
Xihao Li (he/him/his)
Assistant Professor -
Biostatistics and
Genetics
at UNC-Chapel Hill
Core Faculty - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) PhD Program
Google Scholar @xihaoli@X ~ LinkedIn
Email: xihaoli [at] unc.edu
| Name | Research topics | Position | ~~~~~~~~~~ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yohhan Kumarasinghe | Methods for meta-analysis of Biobank WGS/WES data [Paper][Preprint][Gillings News]; Statistical methods for family-based designs in sequencing studies |
Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Taeim Kwon | Statistical methods for bulk RNA deconvolution leveraging single cell data information; Co-advised with Dr. Yusha Liu |
Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Ruochen (Tim) Chen | Leveraging AI/ML for improved analysis and interpretation of the noncoding genome | Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Huitong Shi | Identifying the genetic basis of complex human traits through WGS studies | Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Yiyan Zhang | Coding-variant allelic series test using summary statistics [Paper][Preprint][Genetics News]; Multi-trait WGS analysis of mustle mass and mustle strength |
Rotation Graduate Student (BCB) |  |
| Muqing Zhou | Semi-supervised analysis of WES data | Rotation Graduate Student (BCB) |  |
| Krypton (Yubo) Ma | STAARpipeline enhancement | Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Yihao Peng | Leveraging AI/ML for improved analysis and interpretation of protein-coding variants | Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Zeyu Gan | Local ancestry inference and admixture mapping in genomic data; Co-advised with Dr. Quan Sun |
Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Zicheng Huang | TBD | Graduate Student (BIOS) |  |
| Sathvika Kommera | Identifying biomarkers linked to chronic post-traumatic musculoskeletal pain (CPMP) | BSPH Honors Thesis Student (BIOS) |  |
| Adithi Srikrishna | TBD | Undergraduate Student (BIOS & CS) |  |
External Mentoring
| Name | Research topics | Position | ~~~~~~~~~~ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Williams, PhD | Methods for whole-genome polygenic risk score construction [Paper][Preprint]; Methods for meta-analysis of Biobank WGS/WES data [Paper][Preprint]; Co-mentored with Dr. Haoyu Zhang |
Postdoctoral Fellow (NCI) |  |
| Debraj Bose, PhD | Methods for rare-variant association testing and integration of multi-omic data; Genetic and multi-omic risk prediction in the era of biobanks; Co-mentored with Dr. Haoyu Zhang |
Postdoctoral Fellow (NCI) |  |
Alumni
| Name | Research topics | Current position | ~~~~~~~~~~ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenbo Wang, PhD | Statistical methods for multi-ancestry data analysis; Estimation methods for integrative polygenic and proteomic risk scores [Preprint][Gillings News]; Co-advised with Dr. Joseph Ibrahim |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University |  |
| Zhangziyan Jiang, MS | Power assessment of WGS/WES association analysis | DPhil Student in Statistics, University of Oxford |  |
| Dylan Shukla, BSPH (Honors Thesis) | Analysis and evaluation of COVID-19 study data [Thesis] | Consultant at Credera |  |
| Qikai Jiang, MS | Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies: statistical foundations, study designs, and future directions | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center |  |
| Chuwen Liu, PhD (GRA) | Graph-based modeling for risk prediction | Biostatistician @ Ataraxis AI |  |
| Aditya Senthil, BSPH (Honors Thesis) | Metal-based mechanisms of P. aeruginosa resistance to antibiotic efficacy [Thesis] | MD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |  |
| Albert Yuan, MS | Pipeline building for sequencing analysis of kidney / lipid biomarkers Co-advised with Dr. Nora Franceschini |
N1 Health |  |
Group Photos
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Group Dinner (with Drs. Liu, Love and Valdar lab members and friends), May 2026 @ STATGEN, Atlanta, GA
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Joint Lab Dinner with Didong, May 2026 @ Southern Community Park, Chapel Hill, NC
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Group Dinner (with colleagues and friends), October 2025 @ ASHG, Boston, MA
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End-of-Semester Gathering, May 2025 @ Durham, NC
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Li Groups Dinner (with Drs. Yun Li and Didong Li lab members), November 2024 @ ASHG, Denver, CO
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Group Brunch, April 2024 @ Morrisville, NC
Site inspired by the Love Lab.